SpaceX’s next Falcon Heavy launch may feature record-breaking center core landing
Thanks to a temporary reopening of the US federal government, SpaceX was finally able to continue the process of filing…
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SpaceX’s Mr. Steven barely misses Falcon 9 fairing catch in latest video
Shortly after the ship departed for the East Coast, SpaceX shared a video of one of recovery vessel Mr. Steven's…
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SpaceX fairing catcher Mr. Steven heads for Panama Canal after one last drop test
Iconic fairing recovery vessel Mr. Steven appears to have quietly departed for SpaceX's Florida launch facilities a few days after…
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SpaceX workers cap Starship with tank dome as Raptor arrivals and hop tests near
SpaceX employees and local contractors continue to outfit the aft section of the first full-scale BFR prototype with a variety…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 booster spied on highway as triple-satellite launch moves right
A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster was spotted heading north from the company's Hawthorne, California factory on January 22nd, signifying a likely…
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk teases white-hot Starship heat shield testing in video
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has shared a video showing what looks to be the early stages of testing for Starship's…
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SpaceX hot-fires Falcon 9 with Crew Dragon aboard prior to first orbital launch
SpaceX has completed a hot-fire test of Falcon 9 B1051 at Pad 39A, hopefully demonstrating that the company's first human-rated…
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SpaceX isn’t giving up on catching rocket fairings, boat spotted with new net
SpaceX fairing recovery vessel Mr. Steven was spotted in Port of San Pedro on January 22nd performing tests with two…
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk explains Starship’s ‘transpiring’ steel heat shield in Q&A
Speaking in a late-December 2018 interview with Popular Mechanics' editor-in-chief, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shared considerable insight into the thought…
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SpaceX to static fire Falcon 9 with a spacecraft on board for the first time in two years
SpaceX has rolled Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon out to Pad 39A for the second time ever in preparation for…
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SpaceX fits Starship prototype with tank bulkheads as hop test pad progresses
SpaceX workers have begun installing fuel and oxidizer tank bulkheads inside the first BFS/Starship prototype at the same time as…
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Future SpaceX & Blue Origin rocket recoveries may use largest mobile crane in the US
Florida's Canaveral Port Authority took delivery of what is now the largest mobile crane on U.S. soil, originally purchased in…
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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon settles on Feb 9 launch debut as Falcon 9 nears static fire
Update: NASASpaceflight.com is reporting that ISS planning documents suggest that Crew Dragon's first launch has slipped into the second half…
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SpaceX’s second Falcon Heavy booster arrives in Florida as launch #2 closes in
SpaceX's second Falcon Heavy side booster has made its way from Texas to Florida after completing a successful static fire…
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SpaceX separates Starship prototype’s nose and tail to install giant propellant tanks
After a handful of days as an impressive monolith stood along the coastal wetlands of Texas, SpaceX technicians have once…
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SpaceX to move Starship and Super Heavy production to Texas as hop tests near [updated]
SpaceX announced today that plans to ultimately build BFR (now known as Starship/Super Heavy) in the Port of Los Angeles…
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SpaceX’s partial Falcon 9 landing failure could delay next West Coast launch
According to statements made by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and media outlet CBC, the launch of the agency's next-generation…
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SpaceX nears Falcon 9 lunar rideshare launch as main satellite arrives in FL
SpaceX and customers Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN), SpaceIL, and Spaceflight Industries are reportedly one month away from the NET February 18th…
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SpaceX lays off 10% of staff by email as Falcon Heavy, BFR, and Starlink ramp up
In an unusual move for a privately-held company that raised $500M-750M in the last six months alone and is the…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 booster ends launch #2 with spectacular dawn return
SpaceX Falcon 9 booster B1049 has completed its second successful launch and landing with a spectacular dawn return to Port…
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